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wall hanging
late 19th century
This item forms the right hand side of a pair of living room wall hangings. The design theme of the hanging is wealth and nobility. This is demonstrated by the use of auspicious motifs such as the p...
shawl
early 19th Century
Twill woven shawl with an all over design composed of a central medalion and quarter medallions in each corner. A decorative border surrounds the whole design. The central field of the shawl has a re...
Spanish sampler photographs
20th century
2 copies of large square photographs of sampler with attached label 'Spanish - early 18th Century'.
Miscellaneous uses of dyes: pearl buttons
late 19th-mid 20th Century
Early plastic pearl buttons with metal shank, dyed with basic dyes. Possibly dyed at the School of Colour Chemistry, University of Leeds.
sarong
late 20th Century
A tube sarong (hip wrapper) with plant, flower and butterfly motifs with white outlines. It is possibly reversible, with purple on one side and maroon on the reverse. There are stripes of silver meta...
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Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]
University of Leeds (1904-); Home School of Crafts Saffron Walden
1931
A cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry referencing the Home School of Crafts in Saffron Walden. It displays 6 samples of hand-woven cloth using yarn dyed with natural dye...
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted stylised organic design with a pattern of pink and red flowers on a pink and yellow striped background
Cotons Été 1951 Envoi B
Société des Nouveautés Textiles
1951
Softback with red covers. Black text on cover. Contains garment fabric samples. Woven patterning in 1-10 colours includes stripes (some with geometric or floral dobbies), plaid, checks, chevrons, l...
Ishan (Esan) kilt
c. 1965
A striped and geometrically patterned black, red and yellow kilt, to be worn with a toga. It was woven on a vertical loom by a woman in the town of Ewohimi, in the Ishan area, northeast of Benin City....
shawl pattern sample
Shawl border fragment or pattern sample with a twil tapestry design with embroidered detail. The short ends have short fringes of the warp threads, it is not clear if these were made deliberately. T...
mummy cloth
early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE
Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. With dark brown staining around part of the edge.
Design
Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)
1950-2008
Painted floral design with a pattern of pink, orange and yellow flowers on a blue background